February 2016

March 2016

Book Club Discussion Topics

How old were you when you married? How do you think your relationship would be different if you got married at a different age?

How did you meet your husband?

How did you decide where to live?

Finances can be a “hot button” issue in a marriage. Is the traditional pattern of the man handling it all still OK? Ideally how do you see this working in a marriage where both people work? Where only one of you works?

If you’re single how do you meet people?

If you’ve been divorced or widowed what was it like to get back in to the dating world? What did you do to meet people?

If a friend wanted to meet a man, what ways would you suggest? What possibilities are available now that weren’t possible when you met your husband?

Did you have children? How did you introduce them to someone you were dating? When do you think is the right time?

Has there been a divorce in your family? How did it change family dynamics?

If your son gets divorced what kind of relationship should you have with his ex-wife? How would you manage to keep your grandchildren as part of your life?

If you have adult children who have divorced how has that affected your relationship with your grandchildren?

If you or your husband have been divorced how do you handle your relationship with the ex-spouse?

Are you a stepchild? Did you become a stepparent? How do you define the role?

If this is a second marriage for your husband, how much do his kids figure in your day-to-day life? Is his ex-wife ever present at family occasion? Would you like to be able to have her there?

You’ve been recently widowed. You have adult step-children. Is it necessary to maintain a relationship with them?

When people marry later in life they usually have their own furniture and probably their own home. Is there a way to make the decision of where to live and whose furniture to keep?

Were there things you did or didn’t do that you wish you could “do over”?

What advice would you give other women who are going through the same life changes that you went through?